Analysis Of Ellen Kay's Pathedy Of Manners

To many women, the statement stands true; “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”. Popularized in the song by Marilyn Monroe, her lyrics take a viewpoint of a woman who prefers to be enamored in riches by her gentleman. This viewpoint is not far from the woman in Ellen Kay’s poem, “Pathedy of Manners”. Specific references to name brands and luxuries are both emulated in these works. Kay uses the pretentious diction of the rich and alludes to specific references throughout the format of the poem to emphasize the girl’s loneliness and complacency at the end of her life.
In “Pathedy of Manners”, Kay captures the aloofness and loss of talent of the main character with the esoteric and pretentious diction. For example, when the young woman is being